Quotes by Scottish/Scotland authors (page 45)

"But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it"

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poet

"As a friendly one. I would still like to write concrete poems, but I can only do it sometimes"

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Poet

"The regular hours necessary to be observed by those who follow country business, are perhaps of more consequence than any of the other articles, however important those may be"

William Falconer, Poet

"The head of a ship however has not always an immediate relation to her name, at least in the British navy"

William Falconer, Poet

"The great weight of the ship may indeed prevent her from acquiring her greatest velocity; but when she has attained it, she will advance by her own intrinsic motion, without gaining any new degree of velocity, or lessening what she has acquired"

William Falconer, Poet

"The fleet being thus more inclosed will more readily observe the signals, and with greater facility form itself into the line of battle a circumstance which should be kept in view in every order of sailing"

William Falconer, Poet

"The fishes are also employed for the same purpose on any yard, which happens to be sprung or fractured. Thus their form, application, and utility are exactly like those of the splinters applied to a broken limb in surgery"

William Falconer, Poet

"I'm not a great believer in awards-of course the fact that I've never won one has nothing to do with it at all!"

Iain Banks, Writer

"I wouldn't like to be a character in one of my books!"

Iain Banks, Writer

"I think the future stopped looking American when you think back to Blade Runner and Neuromancer, when it started to look more Japanese"

Iain Banks, Writer

"I still find it hard to understand that anyone could argue that you can't have machines that exhibit consciousness"

Iain Banks, Writer

"By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films"

Iain Banks, Writer

"As long as a film stays unmade, the book is entirely yours, it belongs to the writer. As soon as you make it into a film, suddenly more people see it than have ever read the book"

Iain Banks, Writer

"As a writer, you get to play, you get alter time, you get to come up with the smart lines and the clever comebacks you wish you'd thought of"

Iain Banks, Writer

"The effect of sailing is produced by a judicious arrangement of the sails to the direction of the wind"

William Falconer, Poet

"The anchors now made are contrived so as to sink into the ground as soon as they reach it, and to hold a great strain before they can be loosened or dislodged from their station"

William Falconer, Poet

"The admirals of his majesty's fleet are classed into three squadrons, viz. the red, the white, and the blue"

William Falconer, Poet

"The admiral, or commander in chief of a squadron, being frequently invested with a great charge, on which the fate of a kingdom may depend, ought certainly to be possessed of abilities equal to so important a station and so extensive a command"

William Falconer, Poet

"The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known"

William Falconer, Poet

"Of whatsoever number a fleet of ships of war is composed, it is usually divided into three squadrons; and these, if numerous, are again separated into divisions"

William Falconer, Poet

"Nor is it the least advantage to health, accruing from such a way of life, that it expose those who follow it to fewer temptations to vice, than persons who live in crowded society"

William Falconer, Poet

"Mental agitations and eating cares are more injurious to health, and destructive of life, than is commonly imagined, and could their effects be collected, would make no inconsiderable figure in the bills of mortality"

William Falconer, Poet

"In the time of battle the hammocs, together with their bedding, are all firmly corded, and fixed in the nettings on the quarter-deck, or whereever the men are too much exposed to the view or fire of the enemy"

William Falconer, Poet

"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use"

William Falconer, Poet

"I believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among the creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of kindness and compassion"

William Falconer, Poet

"Hence a ship is said to head the sea, when her course is opposed to the setting or direction of the surges"

William Falconer, Poet

"Hence a ship is said to be tight, when her planks are so compact and solid as to prevent the entrance of the water in which she is immersed: and a cask is called tight, when the staves are so close that none of the liquid contained therein can issue through or between them"

William Falconer, Poet

"Freedom from care and anxiety of mind is a blessing, which I apprehend such people enjoy in higher perfection than most others, and is of the utmost consequence"

William Falconer, Poet

"A long sea implies an uniform and steady motion of long and extensive waves; on the contrary, a short sea is when they run irregularly, broken, and interrupted; so as frequently to burst over a vessel's side or quarter"

William Falconer, Poet

"If you treat with courtesy your equal, who is privileged to resent an impertinence, how much more cautious should you be to your dependents, from whom you demand a respectful demeanor"

Robert Chambers, Writer

"Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please"

Robert Chambers, Writer

"You don't have to know people personally for them to be role models. Some of my most important role models were historical or literary figures that I only read about - never actually met"

John Wilson, Writer

"Too many security officers live day to day. They just want to be treated with dignity"

John Wilson, Writer

"Prices have stayed up because people in control of supply decided they could keep them up"

John Wilson, Writer

"I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet"

John Wilson, Writer

"What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

"These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

"The relation between parents and children is essentially based on teaching"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

"The real duty of man is not to extend his power or multiply his wealth beyond his needs, but to enrich and enjoy his imperishable possession: his soul"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

"Many people have played themselves to death. Many people have eaten and drunk themselves to death. Nobody ever thought himself to death"

Gilbert Highet, Writer

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Quotes by Scottish authors